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User ID: 48755735 United States 11/05/2013 03:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | How they deal with crooked government officials in China In south China's Guangdong province some crooked officials built a garbage dump without notifying residents. So the residents took over City Hall so to speak. This is in Chinese, but there's a lot of photos, and if you use Google Chrome browser, you can get an idea of the text [ link to www.epochtimes.com] They have tens of thousands of protests a year there. Since they do not tranquilize their citizens with flouride or prozac, the people tend to act when pushed too far, instead of just griping. *********** WaterLily *********** " Do I dare Disturb the universe?" -- T. S. Elliot, Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ************************************* “We are as ignorant of the meaning of the dragon as we are of the meaning of the universe.” -- Jorge Luis Borges ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Pompey made his preparations for the war at the end of the winter, entered upon it at the commencement of spring, and finished it in the middle of the summer." -- Cicero, De Imperio Cn. Pompei |
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User ID: 1527832 United States 11/05/2013 04:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: How they deal with crooked government officials in China ya, that country will have their hands full if the people revolt, again. too bad people here are not more united. "the thin veneer of civilization that we all take for granted every day is starting to rapidly disappear." |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 49495785 United Kingdom 11/05/2013 05:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: How they deal with crooked government officials in China Defenestration is the way to go... [ link to en.wikipedia.org (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 49506655 United States 11/05/2013 05:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: How they deal with crooked government officials in China
ya, that country will have their hands full if the people revolt, again.
too bad people here are not more united.
Quoting: krinkfan The people who run the government today were the same young people who revolted fifty years ago. They switch roles but ultimately power corrupts all eventually and the cycle repeats. |